Survived A Crazy Week

We had two VBS-es last week - one at Venture and one at Campbell Church of Christ. Charlotte was too young for the Venture one, so she was either dropped off at summer camp or stayed home with me. It was just insane in the membrane! And not only that, there was that insane heat wave too. I'm glad this week is back to normal... I can only handle so much crazy! 

Charlotte on day 1 when we dropped off Lucas

This was just a three hour VBS... I don't know why Charlotte was so sad. Well, she can be a bit dramatic too... but she was over it within an hour.

Belated birthday dinner after kids were dropped off in Campbell

Yes, I know it's practically July and the husband's birthday was way back in April. It's better late than never...

The end of VBS

I was really impressed with Venture and how organized everything was. While Lucas was spending his mornings at Venture, I was with the girls A LOT...

Each peach pear PLUM!

 It's a girl's world in the Shinn household

Charlotte had many, many photo ops with her baby sister. Sometimes she was happy... and other times, not so happy. 

Happy baby

 Sad baby

Happy baby

Scared baby

 Happy trio

Scared baby with happy kids

Happy feet

To make things even crazier, we were hosting a birthday party for Lucas's friends on Saturday evening. Imagine a house full of kids (mainly boys) with just two adults... well, three... his teacher showed up too. More on the birthday festivities in the next blog...

 Getting ready for a Pokemon party

 Ended this week with a pizza party for tee ball

 How I felt at the end of the week

 I am happy to say that baby girl is over that crazy wake-up-every-hour thing. She's been sleeping a consistent 8-9 hours this week (thank goodness!). She's done around 8ish and wakes up for a feed around 5-6. I'll take it! Time sure flies by with three! I can't believe she's going to be four months old tomorrow!

Getting older and older each week

Our Crazy Shinnanigans

Okay, it's really not that crazy... just busy lately. Right when I got into summer mode, the heat wave hits us and I'm tired once again. Also, baby girl is sleep regressing as she's hitting the four month mark. She used to sleep for 8-9 hours at night, and now she's waking up every hour starting at 1ish. Of course, I'm the lucky one who hears it while everyone is snoozing away...

She's lucky she's cute

And has a smile that's to die for

And looks at me like that

Sometimes life is hard and you just fall asleep while playing

Too bad she doesn't have much of a personality...

As with every summer in SSJ, we're doing what we can to survive the heat. That includes the mall, ice, and water.

 Frappucino, anyone?

This middle one has quite the personality...

 There's going to be a lot more matchy-matchy in the future

Sorta match match

Evangeline is really smiley now and likes to grab things, suck on anything she can put near her mouth, and make spit bubbles. The older ones still think she's the cutest thing that's ever existed and are showing no signs of jealousy at all. So, for my two readers out there, if you are thinking about a trio - make sure the last one is significantly younger than the other two. That way, there's no jealousy or regressing. There's only one diaper to change. And, the other two are at school so it's almost like you have a newborn... except you're a seasoned parent!

The first kid to have a teething necklace

He's a good big brother

 She's a good big sister

Before the heat wave, when we were relaxing in a very comfortable 70-ish degree weather, we took a trip to HH. Lucas still hasn't outgrown it. So I guess that means I'm due for a renewal soon. 

Speed racers

 Protecting sissy poo while we're about to enter the cave

No longer scared of animals

 They wanted me to take a picture with them in front of every. single. statue.

We didn't think having three kids was enough. So... we decided to invite one of Lucas's best friends from school with us to Chuck E. Cheese. 

Imagine a house with four kids... shivers...

 Proud of her loot

And finally, there's Father's Day. Although I'm getting into a rhythm, I'm still extremely tired and don't have a lot of brain cells/energy left in me to plan much of anything. 2017 will be the year where we just survived life. I didn't really have time to plan a nice Father's Day meal this year, I was scared that baby might go berserk if we go out and have to wait for anything... so we just kept it low key. 

Beating the heat at the mall

Bonchon for dinner - forgot to take a picture before the food started to disappear

 This might be our best family picture thus far

... and that was two weeks... or was it three? Did I mention that days are hazy? 

It's Summer!

Since I'm writing this right now, this means I've survived one of the longest weeks of the year - summer break while school is closed. The two older kids are currently in summer camp. Woohoo! Baby and I are adjusting back to life being a bit more quiet.

 What grocery shopping looked like this week

You see Charlotte's shoes? The older two dress themselves. I told them to put on some shoes and get in the van. When we got out of the van, I noticed her boots. I guess I wasn't specific enough... shoes = sandals in the summer time. Anyway, yes, my daughter is one of THOSE girls who wears shorts with boots in the summer. 

 Baby got smothered with love this week

 She's become a drooly mess

 Charlotte is offering tummy time support

 More love for baby

 Lucas's last tee ball game

I have a love/hate relationship with tee ball season. It's long, time consuming, but my son loves it. Especially since his bff is on the same team as him. 

 Buds

 Sibling buds

Lucas says he wants to be an only child. I don't think he realizes how bored he'll be if he were stuck with me all the time! 

Life

 #shinntrio

Baby is getting bigger and bigger. She's going to be sitting up on her own soon and starting solids! Yikes... I can't believe I'll be changing solid poop by the end of summer. Yuck!

 Go Dubs

Charlotte is wearing a Warriors shirt too! 

 And just like that, baby is 14 weeks old

Dubs in 5.